Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

The species that can be found in our waterways and the sea

Marine Life

423 species documented

Filter All Fish Crabs & Allies Sponges & Seaweeds Sharks & Rays Whales & Dolphins Octopus & Squid Sea Stars Jelly fish Shellfish Other

A reddish and white shrimp on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Snapping Shrimp

Athanas granti

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sphyraena novaehollandiae

A red and blue Soldier Crab standing on sand next to a hole it dug out of

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mictyris platycheles

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Solid Air Breather

Phallomedusa solida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sordid Moon Snail

Conuber sordidum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Biscuit Star

Tosia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Blue-Ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Bluespotted Flathead

Platycephalus speculator

A bivalve shell on a beach with sea grass around it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Southern Brooch Shell

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Calamari

Sepioteuthis australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Chiton

Ischnochiton australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Dove Shell

Mitrella austrina

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Eagle Ray

Myliobatis tenuicaudatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Fiddler Ray

Trygonorrhina dumerilii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Garfish

Hyporhamphus melanochir

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Turriplicifer australis

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A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii